[fatlazyless]

Now, there's at least three different ways to look at the Ames Farm situation and as you know, Ames Farm has been there for over one hundred years.

For the Ames family, they are under the gun every year to figure out a way to feed the always increasing property tax monster. They probably wonder how, each year, they can afford to keep from having to break up and sell off sections of their farm property.

For the town of Gilford, they need the money to pay for everything, like salaries, the school system, a new high school, library and police station.

For the neighbors, they want to be able to enjoy their waterfront property as they themselves pay relatively big property taxes, but no where near as much as Ames..

And, on the waterfront, most of the assessed property value is usually in the land, and not in the buildings.